Jade Without Fragrance

   Chapter 221 Osmanthus Fragrance

  Lin listened to this, and his expression was very calm: "I don't know."

   "Don't know?" Director Jia raised his eyebrows, obviously dissatisfied with the answer.

   "Princess Yi'an just came to buy flower dew. Why did she run into the flower dew shop after something happened? Did Master Jia ask Princess Yi'an why?" Lin Hao asked back.

"Princess Yi'an is in a very unstable mood at the moment. She has to seek confirmation from multiple sources for some questions. I hope Miss Lin will understand." Director Jia stared at Lin Hao, not missing the slightest change in her expression. "Princess Yi'an said that there was a third person at that time. The person is there, but unfortunately she was confused and didn't see that person's face."

   A third person?

   Lin Hao and Qi Shuo looked at each other.

   Mr. Jia coughed lightly and interrupted the silent communication between the two: "The reason why I came to ask Miss Lin Er is because Princess Yi'an mentioned something special. She smelled the fragrance of osmanthus from that person."

   "Osmanthus fragrance?" Lin Hao frowned and glanced across the shelves.

  The shelves are divided into multiple layers at different heights, and several bottles of fragrant dew are scattered on the first floor, which is the newly-installed mugwort dew.

  Mushulu is made from steamed osmanthus flowers, and the fragrance of osmanthus is the fragrance of osmanthus.

   "The flower dew shop is newly installed with mugwort dew." Lin Hao looked calm, "Muxu dew is a common fragrance in any flower dew store. If Master Jia focuses on me, it will be a waste of time."

   Director Jia bowed his hands: "It's not that I'm trying to embarrass Second Lady Lin, but this case is of great importance, and a clue cannot be missed."

   "Master Jia, why don't we go to the teahouse together." Qi Shuo said suddenly.

   Director Jia was stunned for a moment.

   "We also hope to find out the truth as soon as possible and make Princess Yian innocent."

   Qi Shuo's words came to Director Jia's heart.

  Shangfeng specifically told him to try his best to find the person mentioned by Princess Yian. The implication is that whether there is a third person or not, it is necessary to find out anyway.

   Director Jia took Lin Hao and Qi Shuo to the teahouse.

   After such a big incident, the restaurant has been closed, and there are many yamen standing in front of the door to prevent the curious people from approaching.

   "This is the private room." The guy who led a few people upstairs pointed to a doorway.

   At the direction of Director Jia, the yamen who followed him stepped forward and opened the door.

   The time from the death of Princess Lingque to her discovery was very short, and she was always under the control of the government. Up to now, the private room has remained the same, with the faint smell of blood blowing in the face as the door opened.

   There were bloodstains everywhere on the tea table, on the chairs, and on the ground.

   "Princess Lingque sits here, Princess Yi'an sits here." The man pointed out the positions of the two.

   Mr. Jia had already come, looking at the shapeless **** footprints on the ground, and sighed: "There were too many people coming in at that time, and even if there were any traces, it was destroyed."

   Qi Shuo didn't respond to Mr. Jia's words, avoiding the messy footprints on the ground and walking to the window.

  This elegant room is right on the edge, with two windows, one facing the street and the other facing a path. Looking out from the window facing the street, you can see curious people and passers-by.

  Qi Shuo walked to the window facing the path to observe for a moment, and called Mr. Jia to come over: "Look, Mr. Jia, there is a lot of dust accumulated on both sides of the window, and there are traces of brushing in this position."

  Mr. Jia's expression changed slightly: "The prince is saying that someone came in through this window?"

   "This possibility is not ruled out."

   "But if you come in through the window alone, won't you alarm the two princesses?" Mr. Jia looked down from the window and couldn't help shaking his head.

   It is not difficult to jump from the height of a two-story building, but how did you get up?

  Lin Hao gently sniffed: "Did you smell it?"

   "What?" Mr. Jia asked.

   A gust of breeze blew, sending a light fragrance.

   Qi Shuo spit out three words: "Osmanthus fragrance."

   Mr. Jia also smelled it.

   "Go outside and have a look." Qi Shuo put down these words and walked out.

   In the private room, the sight is inevitably restricted.

   A few people walked out of the teahouse, walked a few steps along the path, stopped, and looked up at the mottled wall.

  The wall tiles have traces of time, and some places have light moss, which is smooth and greasy when you touch it with your fingers. It was the osmanthus twigs sticking out from the wall that made several people stop.

   It is a four-season osmanthus tree with a height of 30 feet, with luxuriant branches and leaves and flowers like stars. With the breeze, the fragrance is sent to the noses of several people, and the fragrance is much lighter than that of golden osmanthus.

   Before Lin Hao and Qi Shuo could say anything, Mr. Jia had a guess: "Did that person ever hide in this osmanthus tree?"

   Qi Shuo raised his head and looked at the blue tile roof.

  The height of the osmanthus tree is higher than that of the two-storey tea house. If there is a third person, they can climb up the roof through the laurel tree, and then hang upside down from the roof and enter the private room through the window. It is not difficult for people with good skills to do it.

   Director Jia immediately called the people from the restaurant together for questioning.

   "From the time the two princesses walked into the teahouse until the accident, who went to the backyard?"

   Director Jia's question made everyone in the restaurant look at each other.

   The shopkeeper wondered: "It was a busy time, and there were too many people going in and out."

   "Has any outsiders been there?" Qi Shuo asked.

   The shopkeeper was stunned: "Outsiders?"

"The two princesses walked into the teahouse at random after leaving the flower shop. If there is another murderer who killed Princess Lingque, the possibility of having the identity of the person in the teahouse as a cover is very small, and it is more likely to find the two princesses. After entering the teahouse, I found a chance to get in." Qi Shuo explained lightly.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly denied it: "There must be no outsiders coming in, and outsiders are not allowed in the backyard."

   "Don't be in a hurry to deny the shopkeeper." Mr. Jia strode to a man and dragged him out.

   The guy was young, he was suddenly pulled out, and he stuttered: "Big, big, lord..."

   "Do you know something?" Mr. Jia asked coldly.

   The guy waved his hand desperately: "Xiaomin doesn't know anything—"

   Director Jia was furious: "Just now, this official found out that your kid looks wrong, and he still doesn't admit it! This official tells you that this case is being watched by the emperor, and he dares to conceal that it is the crime of the Nine Clan!"

   Hearing the Zhujiu clan, the man's legs softened and he wept bitterly: "Xiaomin said, Xiaomin said."

   Director Jia loosened his shirt: "Speak."

"Just... a guest said that he borrowed the clean room to use it, and Xiaomin saw that he was in a hurry, so it was convenient..." The man plopped down on his knees, kowtowing in fright, "Xiaomin really didn't know this kind of thing would happen. , Your Excellency, please spare your life! Your Excellency, please spare your life!"

   He didn't dare to say the matter of receiving the money from that person, and for Mr. Jia and others, he didn't care about such matters.

   "Do you still remember what that person looked like?" Qi Shuo asked.

   The guy nodded hurriedly: "Remember, remember! That man is very thin—"

   "Wait a minute." Qi Shuo interrupted him and said to the shopkeeper, "Please bring a pen and ink."

   (end of this chapter)